Transgender Afghans escape Taliban persecution only to find "a worse situation" as refugees in Pakistan
Islamabad — Issues of gender and sexuality have long been taboo in ultra-conservative Afghanistan, a...
Sami Yousafzai
Pakistan election results show jailed former PM Imran Khan's backers heading for an election upset
Islamabad — As long lines of pessimistic Pakistani voters waited to cast ballots on Thursday, many h...
Pakistan gives thousands of Afghans just days to leave — or face deportation back to the Taliban's Afghanistan
Pakistan's government has given hundreds of thousands of Afghan nationals who fled the Taliban's har...
2 years since Taliban retook Afghanistan, its secluded supreme leader rules from the shadows
On the border with Pakistan, thousands of Afghans are waiting in line to get their passports stamped...
Afghan sisters who defied family and the Taliban to sing "lost everything" and now battle depression
Islamabad — In 2010, two Afghan sisters rebelled against their family's wishes and their country's t...
Taliban arrests prominent Afghan education campaigner Matiullah Wesa, founder of the Pen Path organization
Afghanistan's Taliban regime arrested a well-known education campaigner this week for his work and f...
On International Women's Day, Afghan women blast the Taliban and say the world has "neglected us completely"
Islamabad — As the world marks International Women's Day on Wednesday, the women of Afghanistan have...